I plan to add bourbon soaked oak chips to the primary of my RIS this week and leave for a week. Then I will rack off half to bottles and add Brett to the remaining beer for several weeks more of primary.
Question - will the Brett be able to get through the muslin to make a home on the oak...
Has anyone used these hops before? The alpha % is listed at only .3%
Was thinking doing a small batch single hop and see how it tastes - maybe use it for a standard dosage at 60,30,15, whirlpool, and dryhop. Might make an interesting brew...
So if taking out a few pints of the yeast cake for later use, do you swirl it up in the fermenter first? I almost always dry hop so there's lots of leftovers in the cake, so repitching on top (if doing a similar style) is fine with me.
Just wondering if the swirling is necessary or will the...